Please join us for our weekly educational workshop series at the Amherst Winter Farmers’ Market held at the Amherst Regional Middle School. The market runs each Saturday from 10:00am – 2:00pm and the workshops are held in the Professional Development Room at 12:00 Noon each week. Here is the list of topics planned for 2014-15.
Dec 20 Gabor Lukacs: Resilience In and Around Your Home
Dec 27 David Lovler: Practical Backyard Composting
Jan 3 Will Miller (Cricket Creek): Grassfed Dairy Cheese Production
Jan 10 Henry Lappen: The Incredible Complexity of Trees
Jan 24 Dan Conlon (Warm Colors Apiary): Honeybees on the Farm/Pollination in the Region
Jan 31 Sarah Berquist (UMass Stockbridge School): School Gardening and Community Education
Feb 7 Jeremy Barker-Plotkin (Simple Gifts Farm): Winter Vegetable Gardening
Feb 14 Tunzala Eynula (Dilaura Naturals): Natural Skin Care
Feb 21 Becky Reed, Family Nurse Practitioner: Food Is Your Best Medicine
Feb 28 David Ahlfeld: Your Carbon Footprint
March 7 Willie Crosby (Fungi Ally): Cultivating Mushrooms in the Home Garden
March 14 Claire Chang (The Solar Store): Replace Fossil Fuels One House at a Time
March 21 Ryan Voiland (Red Fire Farm): Growing Tomatoes
March 28 Isabel Masteika: Herbs for Everyday Use
For information on the series, contact Becky Reed.
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